Avery Month 5

Avery had a very exciting month! Avery went on her first vacation to New Glarus, Wisconsin where she had her first hotel experience. While we were there, we took her swimming and she seemed fairly indifferent about the experience. She kind of just hung out in the water, but overall it was really fun-especially for her daddy and I!

Avery experienced her first plane ride at the end of March. We took her to Arizona and although she did not enjoy the plane ride out there (she cried for about 75 minutes straight), she had a blast basking in the sunshine and spending some quality time with Tia and Greg. We were there for a total of 6 days and we were very sad to go home.

A big milestone happened when we were in Arizona, she started sitting up by herself. She started for about 15 seconds at a time and can currently sit unassisted for a few minutes at a time. She is also very close to crawling, she "swims" right now, kicking her legs and swinging her arms anytime she is on her belly. She is also rolling around like crazy.

We also noticed that her gums are getting a little white, so we believe her first tooth is on the way. She did have one night where she was in some pain, but aside from that she has been in a great moon nonetheless.

On April 5th, I made her some squash and she LOVED it! The next day...not so much, but we are excited to be starting her on real food. She was ready for the change, milk and cereal where just not cutting it anymore.

We have her next doctors appointment on April 20th, so we are looking forward to seeing how big she has gotten in the past two months.